Come on, moving the emissions elsewhere in the world doesn't change their existence. The embodied energy / embodied carbon in the newer vehicle (shipping?) will far surpass the environmental harm of your old diesel (sleep easy ).
Well I test drove an Outlander PHEV tonight. Seemed quite nice. First time i've even driven an automatic though, which was weird. Kinda feels like cheating.Not the widest car out there (officially 10cm narrower than my Passat) but a large Pod mat, and I would guess a Moon Warrior, will fit between the wheel arches in the boot.
Boot doesn't really fit a pad, does just fit 2 dogs.
Driving it to/from work is perfect, never have to go to petrol station.
Don't worry, I've already read pretty much everything out there. First car we've test drove simply because of the limited plug-ins that's the most common, so easy to find one local to check out. Bear in mind mine and the wife's commute to work is under 2 miles.
Maybe wait till 2020 for one of these bad boys.
RE Ev's - its worth looking at the actual costs of the 'fuel' - in this case electricity. I read quite an interesting breakdown of one of those Outlander PHEV's - and it reconed that on a medium/pricey electricity tarrif it worked out at 60mpg (when converted via petrol costs)..
Also - the ecotricity points (in petrol stations) are not cheap
Good insight BB, cheers.Quote from: El Mocho on July 07, 2017, 08:06:10 amBoot doesn't really fit a pad, does just fit 2 dogs.Anyone know which the best breeds of dog are to land on heavily from 12ft?
What is clear is that you could get a two or three year old Leaf for local-ish driving AND say a 5-6 year old TDi estate for long holidays drives for the same money or less than any of the current limited range of affordable family-size plugin hybrids.
Can you even do a handbrake turn with a pushbutton electric handbrake? Maybe Slackline can help us root the BIOS and hack the firmware 1110100101011000111010101010.